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Lenticular: Imagery in motion

September 30, 2000

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Hardware products renovate with packaging

Packaging seen at the National Hardware Show ranged from consumer-friendly packaging for data comm products to innovative film cubes for potting soil. The softer side of hardware was seen in a trend toward products packaged for females and light do-it-yourselfers.

September 30, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Associated Bag Co.: Packaging and shipping

A free 166-page catalog from Associated Bag (Milwaukee, WI) features hundreds of new packaging products and shipping supplies. Also included are numerous hard-to-find products.

August 31, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Elf Machinery: Parts catalog

ELF Machinery (La Porte, IN) and World Cup (La Porte, IN) announce 2 new print versions of their packaging machinery parts catalogs. Both include part names, numbers, photographs and descriptions of use.

August 31, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Graphic Packaging Corporation: Graphic Packaging Corporation: Graphic Packaging Corporation: Graphic Packaging Corporation: Conference proceedings

Packaging Strategies (West Chester, PA) has made the proceedings from its Packaging Strategies 2000 conference available. Presentations given by executives at Huhtamäki Van Leer, Graphic Packaging Corp., Netgrocer, Anheuser-Busch, Inc., Rexam PLC, Pechiney Plastic Packaging, and Graham Packaging Co., L.P.

August 31, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Hoover Materials Handling Group, Inc: Package tracking

Hoover Group, Inc. (Alpharetta, GA) has introduced an application service provider technology for tracking returnable packaging. “Internet Tracking Recovery and Asset Management” (iTRAM™) uses the Internet, through which users can access Hoover’s software, as well as its bar code and radio-frequency identification systems, to track any returnable packages throughout the distribution chain.

August 31, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Tops Engineering Corporation: Virtual display

MixPro® from Tops Engineering (Richardson, TX) offers a virtual staging area to create mixed product loads for display. Gives the user the ability to select the vertical dimension and can automatically calculate the best layer pattern.

August 31, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Jannel Packaging, Inc: Custom polybags

Jannel Packaging’s (Holbrook, MA) custom-made PE bags feature up to 4-color custom printing, including PMS color-matching. Sizes range from 3 ½” sq to 36”x48”.

August 31, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

VisiPak: Cutting tool packaging

VisiPak (St. Louis, MO) has introduced extruded PETG packaging suitable for cutting tool products. The clear packages allow visibility of the product and provide good protection.

August 31, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

O. Berk Company: O. Berk Company: O. Berk Company: PET make-up bottles

The Cosmetic Packaging Group, a div. of O. Berk Co. (Union, NJ), offers a new line of PET bottles for liquid makeup. They offer the clarity of glass combined with the safety and economy of plastic.

August 31, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Steril-Aire, Inc: Germicidal lights

Steril-Aire’s (Cerritos, CA) UVC Emitters™ eliminate mold, bacteria and other contaminants in food and beverages by exposing them to ultraviolet-C energy just before packaging.

August 31, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Kanematsu USA, Inc: Thermal printheads

Kanematsu (Somerset, NJ) distributes the Toshiba Lightning Series of thermal printheads, which includes a 600-dpi model that prints at 10”/sec and 300-dpi and 400-dpi models that each print at 14”/sec.

August 31, 2000

Controls & Machine Components

Intralox: Friction top belts

Intralox’s (New Orleans, LA) friction top belts combine the benefits of modular plastic with the “grip” of a rubber top surface. Series 900 is available with a flat or diamond-pattern top.

August 31, 2000